Combined loader, excavator, and pile-driver.



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COMBINED LOADER, EXCAVATOR, AND PILE DRIVER.

` APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 4, 1907.

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l D. L. BAKER, SR. COMBINED LDADRR, DXDAVATDR, AND PILE DRIVER.

PATENTED MAR. 10, 1908.

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lc. L. BAKER, su. GOMRINRD LDADRR, DXCAVATDR, AND PILE DRIVER.

APPLICATION FILED MARA, 1907.

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- To all whom 'it mag/ concern:

V Combined Loader,

'Umiran sTArns rArENir-orrion CLAUDE LEoNIDAs BAKER, SR., "oF: CHATAWAMISSISSIPPI, Assie'Non oF ONE-HALF 'ro 'EDGAR GOODWI'LL, oF GHATAWA, MISSISSIPPI. y Y COMBINED LOADER, EXcAvA'roR, AND PILE-DRIVER. v

Specification of Letters- Patent. i

Patented March 1o, 190s.-

Appncaupn med march '4, 1907. serial No. 369,606.

Be it known that I, CLAUDE LEo'NLDAs BAKER, Sr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Chatawa,l"in the county of Pike and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and usefullrnprovements in a Driver, tion. y v

The' present invention relates to a combined loader, excavator and pile driver, and will be described in connection with the accompanying drawi s, in which of whichthe following is aspecifica- Flgure 1 1s a side e evation of an apparatus constructed in accordance with the present invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view, withv certain parte omitted to avoid confusion of lines;

ig. 3 is a detail plan of the excavator shovel and ,its sup ortmg arm Fig. 4 is a detail view, and 4igs. '5 and 6 are, respectively, a plan and vertical sectional view of the rotatable Support for the shears or boom.

The main arts ofthe apparatus are carried upon a gase frame A which may be of any suitable construction but which, as shown, consists of side beamsS, 3 and cross beams 2, 2, and preferably, to facilitate shifting from lace to place, each side beam has beneath t e Same a runner 1, preferably consisting of a T -rail bolted to the side beam and curved up at the ends as shown.

At the front end ofthe base 'A is a platform Q and to the latter is suitably pivoted centrally at a cross beam B, the ends of which rest upon curved bearing plates 5, 5 bolted to the platform and to winch are hinged the lower ends of the converging beams of a shears or boom C.

To one of the side pieces of the base `A is secured an engine D of any suitable character, the iston rod'20 of which is connected by a ling 20a with the opposite end of the cross beam B so that by admittin a motor fluid to the said enginethe cross eam and the shears may be swung upon the pivot ac.

Upon the rear end of the base A is erected a frame-work F inclosing an engine I which is geared so that it may be put -into connection with either of two drums J, K, the

`said engine, as well'as the engine D,'being Excavator, and Pile- 'forward end and connected l the shears may -In ordinary operations' the loader is` used.l

upon a platform X of a car, and in order to properly guide` and position it-upon said platform, as well as to sup ort other parts of the alpparatus, thereis bo ted to the top of the p atform at each side a girder, which consists of a beam 13 projecting' beyond the platform at the forward end and extending for a considerable distance alongside of the base A, and of a shorter beam 12 bolted to the inside of the beam 13 with intervening distance ieces 13", and against the inner ends of w 'ch abut the turned-up ends of the runners 1 of the base A. The girders or beams 13 are stiffened and strengthened by -means vof, struts 16 and brace-rods 1,7 extending over the struts and having eyes connected to hooks on the beams,l with suitable turn-buckles for tightening the rods as required.

The shears o`r boom C, with the supporting cross beam B,'is swung about the pivot :I: by means of the engine D. Said shears is suitably sup orted in its inclined position by means o two rods 41, each hooked'at the to an eye 42 at the upper end of the shears and extendin back to an eye 43 upon anupright frame by brace rods 44, 44, each hooked to an eye mounted upon the base B andsuitably braced 45 at the topof the upright S-and at the lower end connected to the said base A. At,

the upper end ofthe shears there is suspended a pulley 20 in a block 24, over which passes a log chain or cable -21, having a suitable tongs 22 at the outer end, and extending 'beneath the guide ulley 23 on the shears back. to the drum nl) As thus constructed be readily and quickly swung by means of t e engine D so as to permit the logs to be properly engaged by the tongs and lifted clear of the cars, either in loading or unloading, and in either case where there are series of platform cars in line, the apparatus may be readily drawn from one platform to another by means of a cable 25 passing around a vdrum K and extending backward and provided s piston rod 2O of the engine D andthe crossi cross beam without any material side draft bringing the bucket at the base of any einvlifted as to dig into the embankment, after over any desired number of platforms and t suitably anchored at the rear end so that the power of the engine I is the means of shifting the entire loading apparatus from one position to another.

In'order to avoid the necessity of a crosshead and guides, the connection between the earn B is constructed as shown in Fig. 4, in which the link 2()a extends between the separated jaws 27 at the end of the piston rod 20 and is connected thereto by a pin 28 which may be withdrawn, and the said link 20El has a spherical head 29 adapted to the spherical socket of a cross piece 30 fastened to the cross beam. .This permits the requisite lay of the link under the changing angles o the upon the piston rod.

The shears C is provided with bearings 30a, to which are pivoted the ends of the diverging beams of a bucket frame N, to the lower end of which is secured any suitable shovel or bucket O. To the bale 31 of the latter is connected a block 32 around the pulley of which passes a cable 33 fastened at one end to an eye 34 at the upper end of theshears and passing over the pulley of the block 24, when the latter is not used in logging-or the said block may have two`pulleysand back beneath the guide pulley 23 to the drum J.

As constructed, the cross beam B may be swun to carry the shears C to one side,

bankment or part to be excavated, and then by rotating the drum, the bucket may be so which, by the operation of the engine D, the shears may be swung into position to bring the bucket above the place or car where the contents are to be discharged, when this discharge may be affected by releasing the` hinged bottom of the bucket as usual. This construction of bucket is so well known that itis not necessary to illustrate the details thereof.

It will, of course, be understood'that the bucket is not used when the arts are arranged for logging, and I there ore hinge the frame N to the bearings 30a by means of 'a cross nin 36 which may be removed whenever t e frame N is to be detached, and further, whenever the shears are to be detached,'this may be effected by unbolting the cross beam B from the platform and withdrawing the pin 28 connecting the link 20a to the piston rod of the engine D.

It is frequently required in connection with the apparatus, for use either in digging or logging, to drive piles, and for this )urpose we connect the girders 13, 13 at the forward end by means of a cross beam 14, and to the latter We bolt detachably the vertical frame M of a'pile` driver, the saine consisting ol' a pair of guides 37, 37, between which slides the driver or hammer It, and to the latter is connected a cable' 3S which passes over a sheave 39 at the top of the frame M and back to the drum J, or the said cable, which I have designated as 38, may be the cable 33 which in digging is used for operating the bucket O. This cabIe serves as a means of lifting the hammer R, which may bel allowed to descend by gravity by disconnecting the drum J from its shaft as usual, the ordinary clutch devices being employed for this purpose and not necessary to be shown.

In order to properly brace the frame M of the pile driver, it may be bolted to the upper end of the shears C by means of a bolt 40 and this shears may also be further braced when the pile driver is being used by means of braces 17a each havin@r an e fe at the u i )er end engaging a hook 19 at the side o the shears near the top, and at the lower end with an eye engaging a hook 18 at the side of the girder 13.

To lift the piles and set them in position between the guides and below the hammer, the frame M is provided at the upper end with a pulley 50, over which passes a cable 51 having a hooked chain 52 at the lower end and extendingback to the drum K.

Any of the brace rods may be rovided as required with suitable turnbuck es and the uprights S and frame M and girders 13, 13 are all bolted to their supports by suitable bolts capable of being readlly removed so as to pernnt these )arts to be readily detached and packed in ciose compass for transporta.- tion, or to permit them to be erected in any proper positions wherever required.

It w1ll be seen that the above-described apparatus contains certain parts which are used in connection with the logging appliances, the digging appliances and the iledriving appliances, and other arts w lich are detachable and can be place( in position according to the character of operations demanded, and that the said a)paratus is capable of being readily a)plie to a platform of a platform car an of being shifted from one platform to another as operations progress.

Without being limited to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, what is cl aimed is:

1. The herein described logging apparatus, having a base A, cross beam B pivoted thereto, shears C pivoted to the cross beam, and an engine D operably connected with the cross beam to swing the latter about its pivot, forthe purpose described.

2. The combination of a base frame A provided with runners l, 1, cross beam B pivoted thereto, and shears pivoted to the cross beam, and an engine operably concross beam extending between the said jaws, nected Withthe said cross beam. and'conneoted thereto b a removable pin. 10

, 3; The eombination of a base frame A In testimony whereof affix my signature provided with runners, 1, 1, cross beam B I ,in presence of two witnesses.

5 pivoted thereto, and shears pivoted to the CLAUDE LEONIDAS BAKER, SR.

cross beam, and an engine having a piston Witnesses: terminating in separated jaws, and-a link H. COUMBE, having a bali and socket eonnec-tion with the T. R. MUGGAH. 

